Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1887-10-06
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
An Interesting Summary Of the
important Occurrences Of
the Week.
A Budget Of News Cleaned From the
Latest Dispatches From Far
and Near.
dDHICES By TELEGRAM.
THE HADDocH CASE.

Fred Mhnchratt, Jr., Sentenced to Four
Years for Maastdu0hter--.4n appeal Bond
of $1,000 Fiied, and the Case Carried Up,
Our readers will remember that only short
time ago at Sioux City, lows, Fred Munch-
rath, Jr, charged with conspiracy in the
Haddock murder case, was convicted of man
slaughter, and the court after hearing the ar
guments for a new trial took the matter under
advisement until the 30th of September, be-
fore passing a sentence.
When court convened Friday morning, the
S0th of September, there was only a fair
sprlnkling of attorneys present and but few
spectators The reporters table was the only
one occupied by any number of persons. The
early hours Of the session were consumed In
disposing OF Ill cases and awaiting the ar
rival of G. W. Argo, chief counsel for the d.
fense. 1t was about 1880 when the court
called the case of the state vs. Fred Munich
rath, Jr. The defendant was present He
looked car worn and irite nervous.
The court reviewed the leading points
raiss& asking for new trial, but did not con-
slider them sufficient and subs quenily over
ruled the notion. He then asked il the de-
fense had nyhing 10 say why sentence should
not be pronounced The attorneys consulted
together, and then with pathetic voc, and
sober face sought to impress upol lhe court
the relations of the defendant with his family
and the misery TINT a severe sentence would
entail to others than himself. After listening
attentively to these appeals, Judge Wakefield
pronounced sentence:
That Fred Munchrath, Jr, should be con-
fined in the state penitentiary for four years
at hard labor, and hat au appeal bond was
fixed at 81, ,0ON. The bond was promptly filed
with the cleik Of the court-Wm. Huudt John
Lessenich, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Munchratl i, Sr.,
and the defendant hims If be ng the surelies
Thus terminates f,r the present the first
conviction in the celebrated Haddock murder
case. The next trial will be that of John
Arensdorf, which is booked for November ii
next
"A sensational tragedy growing out of the
recent prohibition campaign in Tennessee
was enacted at GreenviIle W. E. T. Milburn
shot and killed young man named William
Ward, soa Of Betsy Ward, of women's cru
sade fame. Miiburn remarked in Wards
presence that the people OF middle AMI west
Tennessee had sold out TO the viii ky m or
the prohibition amendment would have been
carried. Ward called Milburn liar, where
upon Milburn shot Ward through the breast
The trouble really grew ont of speech by
Mllburn at Greenville he stated in his
speech that Betsy WAS whisky sell.r and jail
bird; that another saloon-keeper was an ex.
penitentiary convict
The presidents strongly in lined to call
an extra session Of congress for Tuesday
November l. 1t is believed 10 be The id,a Of
The president that an ex ia session thus called
would enat le the house 10 get into working
order and dispose of its personal quarrels and
ambitions in time 10 get down to work by the
LIST of December He does not believe that
there is any immediate necessity for an extra
session account of monetary affairs. But
ne is said 10 be of tho opinion that by calling
an extra session the usual Legitimate business
of congress an be attended to, including the
money market, the surplus, the tariff and
their corelations, in time for an adjournment
early next spring
"A Paris dispatch states that in addition to
discussing the relation. between the vatican
and quirinal, Signor Crispi, in the interview
with Bismarck. raised the question of the de-
velopment Of Italian influence on the Medi-
teranean aiming in recompense for Italy's
faithful adhere ce TO the Germ n alliance,
that Germany should support the Italian
policy of expansion toward Egypt, Tripoli
and Albania.
Mile. Aimee, the singer, died in Paris
from the effects of srrGcal oreratiol